Claude Monet.
- Occupation: Painter
- Birth date: November 14, 1840
- Death date: December 05, 1926
- Education: Academie Suisse
- Place of Birth: Paris, France
- Place of Death: Giverny, France
- Full name: Oscar Claude Monet
Edouard Manet.
- Occupation: Painter
- Birth date: January 23, 1832
- Death date: April 30, 1883
- Education: Canon Poiloup's school in Vaugirard, College Rollin
- Place of Birth: Paris, France
- Place of Death: Paris, France
- Full name: Edouard Manet
Édouard Manet was the most important and influential artist to have heeded poetCharles Baudelaire's call to artists to become painters of modern life. Manet had an upper-class upbringing, but also led a bohemian life, and was driven to scandalize theFrench Salon public with his disregard for academic conventions and his strikingly modern images of urban life. He has long been associated with the Impressionists; he was certainly an important influence on them and he learned much from them himself. However, in recent years critics have acknowledged that he also learned from theRealism and Naturalism of his French contemporaries, and even from seventeenth century Spanish painting. This twin interest in Old Masters and contemporary Realism gave him the crucial foundation for his revolutionary approach.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Occupation: Painter
- Birth date: February 25, 1841
- Death date: December 03, 1919
- Education: Ecole des Beaux-Arts
- Place of Birth: Limoges, France
- Place of Birth: Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
An innovative artist, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born on February 25, 1841, in Limoges, France. He started out as an apprentice to a porcelain painter and studied drawing in his free time. After years as a struggling painter, Renoir helped launch an artistic movement called Impressionism in 1870s. He eventually became one of the most highly regarded artists of his time. He died in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, in 1919.
Edgar Degas
- Occupation: Painter
- Birth date: July 19, 1834
- Death date: September 27, 1917
- Education: Lycée Louis-le-Grand, University of Paris, Ecole des Beaux-Arts
- Place of Birth: Paris, France
- Place of Death: Paris, France
Edgar Degas, born on July 19, 1834 in Paris, France, went on to study at the École des Beaux-Arts and became renowned as a stellar portraitist, fusing Impressionistic sensibilities with traditional approaches. Both a painter and sculptor, he enjoyed capturing female dancers and played with unusual angles and ideas around centering. His work influenced major modern artists like Picasso.
Camille Pissarro
- Occupation: Painter
- Birth date: July 10, 1830
- Death date: November 13, 1903
- Place of Birth: St. Thomas
- Place of Death: Paris, France
- Full name: Jacob-Abraham-Camille Pissarro
- Aka: Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro was born on July 10, 1830, on the island of St. Thomas. Relocating to Paris as a young man, Pissarro began experimenting with art, eventually helping to shape the Impressionist movement with friends including Claude Monet and Edgar Degas. Pissarro was also active in Postimpressionist circles, continuing to paint until his death in Paris on November 13, 1903
Berthe Morisot
- Occupation: Painter
- Birth date: January 14, 1841
- Death date: March 02, 1895
- Place of Birth: Bourges, France
- P;ace of Death: Paris, France
- Full name: Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot
Berthe Morisot was born January 14, 1841, in Bourges, France. She first exhibited her work in the prestigious state-run art show, the Salon, in 1864. She would earn a regular spot at show for the next decade. In 1868, she met Édouard Manet. In 1874, she married Manet's brother. The marriage provided her with social and financial stability while she continued to pursue her painting career.